LEADER 02431nam 22005534a 450 001 9910449964303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-253-11064-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030359 035 $a(EBL)238192 035 $a(OCoLC)475947600 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110078 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145398 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110078 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10065045 035 $a(PQKB)10865501 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC238192 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL238192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10087031 035 $a(OCoLC)437151703 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030359 100 $a20021203d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBehind the smile$b[electronic resource] $ethe working lives of Caribbean tourism /$fGeorge Gmelch 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-34272-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-207) and index. 327 $aPreface; 1 Island Tourism; 2 Work and Encounters in Tourism; 3 The Airport; 4 The Hotel; 5 The Beach; 6 The Attractions; 7 Government and Tourism; 8 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index 330 $aBehind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in the tourist industry in Barbados. The workers represent every level of tourism, from maid to hotel manager, beach gigolo to taxi driver, red cap to diving instructor. 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Nahin 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (406 p.) 300 $a"A collection of challenging problems in mathematical physics that roar like lions when attacked analytically, but which purr like kittens when confronted by a high-speed electronic computer and its powerful scientific software (plus some speculations for the future from science fiction)." 311 $a0-691-14425-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Feynman Meets Fermat -- $t2. Just for Fun: Two Quick Number-Crunching Problems -- $t3. Computers and Mathematical Physics -- $t4. The Astonishing Problem of the Hanging Masses -- $t5. The Three-Body Problem and Computers -- $t6. Electrical Circuit Analysis and Computers -- $t7. The Leapfrog Problem -- $t8. Science Fiction: When Computers Become Like Us -- $t9. A Cautionary Epilogue -- $tAppendix -- $tSolutions to the Challenge Problems -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex -- $tAlso By Paul J. Nahin 330 $aHow do technicians repair broken communications cables at the bottom of the ocean without actually seeing them? What's the likelihood of plucking a needle out of a haystack the size of the Earth? And is it possible to use computers to create a universal library of everything ever written or every photo ever taken? These are just some of the intriguing questions that best-selling popular math writer Paul Nahin tackles in Number-Crunching. Through brilliant math ideas and entertaining stories, Nahin demonstrates how odd and unusual math problems can be solved by bringing together basic physics ideas and today's powerful computers. Some of the outcomes discussed are so counterintuitive they will leave readers astonished. Nahin looks at how the art of number-crunching has changed since the advent of computers, and how high-speed technology helps to solve fascinating conundrums such as the three-body, Monte Carlo, leapfrog, and gambler's ruin problems. Along the way, Nahin traverses topics that include algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus, number theory, differential equations, Fourier series, electronics, and computers in science fiction. He gives historical background for the problems presented, offers many examples and numerous challenges, supplies MATLAB codes for all the theories discussed, and includes detailed and complete solutions. 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